VOLVO V40 · 2.0 Europa · Wagon · 2000 ‐ 2002

From 2000 Volvo began manufacture of automobiles model V40, modification 2.0 Europa and closed it in 2002. The weight of the car is 1.3 tons and a length of 4.5 m, It is shaped as wagon with 5 doors, and can be placed in a 5 person with a driver.

«V40 2.0 Europa» is a front-wheel drive car with a 5-speed automatic gearbox. This automobile can speed up for 10.7 s to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 200 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a peak power of 136 hp at 5800 rpm.

Fuel tank volume of this car is 60 liters of petrol, thus when normal fuel rate is 9.1 l per 100 km (6.7 liters on the track, 13.2 l in the urban), accordingly let you to go roughly 660 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the chassis using suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis by dint of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the next size - 195/60VR15.

In conformity with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V40 received the great number of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe car. In addition to active safety systems (EBD, ABS), it is also has passive safety features (driver, head/curtain, side, passenger airbags).